public utility

public utility

n. any organization which provides services to the general public, although it may be privately owned. Public utilities include electric, gas, telephone, water, and television cable systems, as well as streetcar and bus lines. They are allowed certain monopoly rights due to the practical need to service entire geographic areas with one system, but they are regulated by state, county and/or city public utility commissions under state laws. (See: monopoly)

Under the measure, to be known as the "Public Utility Bus Safety Act of 2014," all public utility bus operators/companies registered and operating in or engaged in the transportation of the commuting public and granted franchises are required to secure certificate of compliance with the appropriate standards set the ISO from accredited certifying agencies within 1 year from the enactment of this law.

Article Two: Empowers the authorities concerned to expropriate through direct implementation the properties and relevant land needed for the aforesaid project and installations in accordance with the provisions of the aforesaid Public Utility Expropriation Law.

Innovative program: Conservation and Renewable Energy System (CARES), an association of eight public utility districts in Washington that signed an agreement with the Bonneville Power Administration to reduce their energy consumption by about 25 megawatts over eight years.

The utility is organized as two separate financial enterprises, the public utility (secured by electric, gas, telecom and transportation revenues) and the waterworks system (secured by water revenues).

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